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Protecting Children ʵ General Guidelines

All Children Should Sit in a Back The Passenger’s Front Airbag Small Children
Seat Can Pose Serious Risks Placing a forward-facing child seat in
According to accident statistics, Front airbags have been designed to the front seat of a vehicle equipped
children of all ages and sizes are help protect adults in a moderate to with a passenger’s front airbag can
safer when they are restrained in a severe frontal collision. To do this, be hazardous. If the vehicle seat is
back seat. The National Highway the passenger’s front airbag is quite too far forward, or the child’s head is
Traffic Safety Administration and large, and it can inflate with enough thrown forward during a collision, an
Transport Canada recommend that force to cause very serious injuries. inflating front airbag can strike the
all children age 12 and under be child with enough force to kill or
properly restrained in a back seat. Even though your vehicle has an very seriously injure a small child.
advanced front airbag system that
Children who ride in back are less automatically turns the passenger’s Larger Children
likely to be injured by striking front airbag off (see page 32 ), Children who have outgrown child
interior vehicle parts during a please follow these guidelines: seats are also at risk of being injured
collision or hard braking. Also, or killed by an inflating passenger’s
children cannot be injured by an Infants front airbag. Whenever possible,
inflating front airbag when they ride Never put a rear-facing child seat in larger children should sit in the back
in the back. the front seat of a vehicle equipped seat, on a booster seat if needed, and
with a passenger’s front airbag. If be properly restrained with a seat
the airbag inflates, it can hit the back belt (see page 49 for important
of the child seat with enough force information about protecting larger
to kill or very seriously injure an children).
infant.

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